Monday, November 26, 2012

Updates~~ (+extra)

After lots of complications, I finally have an internship! I am going to have the first meeting on Wednesday. However, plans have changed, I am no longer working with Dr. Cramer but Matt at Siena College. It is going to be about physics, computing, or cosmology (which sounds eerily fun)!

Since my internship is going to be about physics, I am going to share some things that I learned during Thanksgiving break.

YVONNE's NOTEPAD PHYSICS
In a film that I watched, I learned that a tiny metal bead can sink a ship and the mechanism behind it. (evil smile)
In AP physics class, I learned that momentum (mass*velocity) has to be conserved, therefore, the last bead has to have the same velocity as the first bead after impact. 

However, if we place a magnet between the first bead, the magnet will attract the bead and accelerate it toward the magnet. This time, bead #2 will have the velocity of the first bead when it is at the highest velocity (just before it hit the magnet). The bead will cause greater destruction as  it gains a higher velocity.  
 Using this concept, if we have a magnet with super strong magnetic force and canon ball, we can use a tiny metal bead to trigger the same response, giving the canon ball a really high velocity. This way we an destroy things such as a building or a ship without having to get a real canon or bomb. Whahahahahahaha. XD
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 3, 2012 at 12:39 PM

    Yvonne, I am excited to hear about your internship. Last time we talked you had not started yet. Do you know what you will be doing with physics, computing, and cosmology? I am also doing computing, so I am interested in seeing if there are any overlaps in our internship. I like your use of physics to destroy a ship. The use of a small ball would make the people on the shop unaware of the attack. Good idea, but please don't try this at home :)

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  2. Lauren ParkDecember 3, 2012 at 12:50 PM

    Hi, Yvonne,
    Last meeting because you have not started yet we did not get to talk a lot about your internship. Based on what I read from your blog, I can see that you are really enthusiastic about your internship. Also I am really amazed how you are applying materials from your AP physics class to real life, which is hard thing to do. I am still not sure what exactly you would be doing this year but because you are doing computing stuff, I can see some connection between your internship and my internship which is robotic.I hope you have a lot of fun in your internship.

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